Learning to sew can feel overwhelming. Learn to use a sewing machine with confidence with these beginning sewing ideas, beginning sewing projects, easy sewing projects. Maybe you’re teaching yourself to sew or looking for kids sewing projects to pass on sewing to the next generation. Whatever the case, you’ll find first sewing projects here that’ll build your confidence and help you gain sewing skills that’ll help you advance in your sewing knowledge.
If you’ve got an old sweater hanging out in your closet not keeping you warm, maybe it’s high time you sew a sweater scarf. I got the idea for this project when a sweet friend sent me a beautiful handmade merino shawl. For all that I sew, I’m all thumbs with yarn. Still, I wanted […]
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If thinking about how to sew a zipper gives you hives, I just bet you’ll find yourself loving learning how to sew a zipper on a jacket. It turns out separating zippers are really about the easiest zipper to sew around outside of an invisible zipper. Sounds too good to be true? Let me convince
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Today we’re talking about how to applique with sewing machine. Maybe it’s just me, but I always see plain fabric as a blank canvas of possibilities yelling at me to do something interesting to them. (Hence why I ice dye fabric, embroider it, overdye it and all manner of other things). Well, you can add
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The easiest way to rescue a boring t-shirt is to transform it into an applique t-shirt. Applique is such a simple way to add some extra visual texture and interest to a plain t-shirt. All you need is some knit fabric scraps, a little bit of time, and you can create an applique t-shirt that’ll
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Confused by all the types of elastic used in all your sewing projects? I don’t blame you. There’s a lot of different elastics and so many of them look similar. How do you pick the best elastic for your sewing? Where can you even buy good elastic in the first place? Here you’ll learn all
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Today I’m showing you how to make a fabric belt. Why would you want to make a fabric belt, you ask? A Fabric covered belt is such an easy accessory to make yourself. You need just a little hardware, some solid interfacing and about 20 minutes. Plus making your own fabric belts is a simple
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Today is all about adding elastic to a jeans waistband with buttonhole elastic. If you have kids, you’ve probably seen buttonhole elastic on pants. And if you have kids with smaller waists, you LOOK for pants with buttonhole elastic. Buttonhole elastic is great stuff it turns out for helping create an adjustable waist. For kids
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Today I’m going to show you how to alter a shirt neckline through making a simple DIY v-neck t-shirt. We’ve all been there: you find a fun tee but it’s got a crew neck that’s not too comfy to wear. You love the v-neck style and yet, here you are staring at this crew neck.
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If you’re new to sewing, you might be wondering what is a seam ripper? One thing is certain: if there’s one tool in the sewing room that gets a lot of hate, it’s the humble seam ripper. In short, this little metal tool is for removing stitches. Why the hate? Because nobody likes removing stitches
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You’re a DIY kind of person, but have you ever wondered can you really teach yourself to sew? I know I have, and the good news is that there’s lots of ways to learn to sew these days. In fact, there is no reason to be intimidated by your sewing machine if you are a
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